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'''Alternative name: Bar-necked Cuckoo-Dove'''
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'''Dusky Cuckoo-Dove''' may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Dusky Cuckoo-Dove''' (''Macropygia magna''):
[[Image:Dusky_Cuckoo_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''timorlaoensis''<br />Photo by {{user|mehdhalaouate|mehdhalaouate}}<br />Yamdena island, the Tanimbars, [[Indonesia]], August 2006]]
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;[[:Category:Macropygia|Macropygia]] magna
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*'''[[Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove]]''' - ''Macropygia macassariensis''
'''Includes Timor Cuckoo-Dove, Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove and Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove'''
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*'''[[Timor Cuckoo-Dove]]''' - ''Macropygia magna''
==Identification==
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*'''[[Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove]]''' - ''Macropygia timorlaoensis''
Smaller than [[Brown Cuckoo-Dove]]
 
==Distribution==
 
Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[West Timor]], [[Moluccas]], [[Tanimbar Islands]] and [[East Timor]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
[[Image:Cuckoo dusky dove filtered-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''magna''<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Soe, [[West Timor]], [[Indonesia]], July 2009]]
 
====Subspecies====
 
There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>, split into 3 species by Gill and Donsker<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>:
 
* Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove (''Macropygia macassariensis'')
 
:*''M. m. macassariensis'':
 
::*South-western [[Sulawesi]], Tanakeke and Salayar islands
 
:*''M. m. longa'':
 
::*Eastern [[Lesser Sundas]] (Tanahjampea and Kalatoa)
 
* Timor Cuckoo-Dove (''Macropygia magna'')
 
:*''M. m. magna'':
 
::*[[Timor]], Wetar and adjacent eastern Lesser Sundas
 
* Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove (''Macropygia timorlaoensis'')
 
:*''M. m. timorlaoensis'':
 
::*Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena, Larat and Selaru)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
A shy bird.
 
==References==
 
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker16V6.2}}#Avibase
 
#Wikipedia
 
#BF Member observations
 
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==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Macropygia+magna}}
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=2787&Bird_Image_ID=21051&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Macropygia]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:26, 9 August 2016

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Dusky Cuckoo-Dove may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name Dusky Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia magna):

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